Posts Tagged ‘Vijaylaxmi’
Nanha Mora Doley Mori Anganiaa
Posted on: May 24, 2017
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
रोक सकता हमें ज़िन्दान-ए-बला क्या ‘मजरूह’
हम तो आवाज़ हैं दीवार से छन जाते हैंRok sakta hamen zindaan-e-bala kya ‘Majrooh’
Ham to aawaaz hain deewaar se chhan jaate hain.
[Can prison of calamity stop us?
We are the voice which can infiltrate the wall].
This she’r was written by the young Majrooh Sultanpuri probably sometime in the 1940s. Perhaps he was goaded by the idealistic impulses when he was associated with the Progressive Writers Association (PWA), a left-oriented ideological group. Nonetheless, for Majrooh Sultanpuri, it has been a quick transformation – from an idealistic poet of PWA to a lyricist in the film industry.
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“Mahal” (1949) was a Bombay Talkies production. This movie was directed by Kamal Amrohi who was making his debut as a director in this movie. This movie was the first Hindi suspense movie and it was made in an extremely professional manner. When the movie begins and credits roll on the screen against the backdrop of a spooky looking mansion (Mahal) and accompanied by suspenseful background music, each and every name that appears on the screen turns out to be legendary name, be they actors or background personnel. For example, choreography of dances in this movie was done by Pt Lachchu Maharaj, while the cinematographer of this movie was Josef Wirsching.
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Ghabra ke jo ham sar ko
Posted on: March 20, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Rajkumari Dubey (1924 – 20/03/2000), popularly known as Rajkumari, was one of the earliest playback singers who dominated playback singing in the 40s. During my younger days, I used to identify her with a popular song ‘sun bairi balam sach bol re’ from the film BAAWRE NAIN (1952). It was her interview on Doordarshan in the 80s and some other video clips of her performances that made me to search for more of her songs. I found that she was not only an accomplished singer but also a ‘zinda dil’ (lively) person who zest for life was not dampened by her adverse financial condition in her later life.
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Jahaan jahaan khayaal jaataa hai
Posted on: August 16, 2010
Here is a party song from a movie called “Bade Sarkaar” (1957). This movie, from its cast does not appear an A grade movie, seeing that Agha and Sajjan are the lead actors in this movie.
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“Insaaniyat” (1955) was one movie which brought Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand together. Bina Rai and Vijaylaxmi were also there in this movie.
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I am always on the lookout for songs composed by Ganesh. so far I have posted 10 of his songs, and all of them are superb songs.
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Har nazar mein sau afsaane
Posted on: May 25, 2009
This movie called “Shabnam” (1964) is a hotchpotch of Arabian Nights, Zorro etc. Those days, comedians were trying their luck acting as heroes. Here Mehmood plays the hero, but just like Jagdeep, Mehmood too failed to click as a hero.
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Ye teri saadgi ye tera baankpan
Posted on: February 26, 2009
“Shabnam” (1964) was a movie in while Mehmood played the hero. Many comediens of those days aspired to be heroes in B grade movies. But none of them suceeded.
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